Daily Quiz #2134
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 21 November 2014
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Q1.
The wine "Tokay" originated where?
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2
Q2.
Who was Governor of South Australia 1841-1845, Governor of New Zealand 1845-1854 & 1861-1868, Governor of Cape Colony 1854-1861 and Premier of New Zealand 1877-1879?
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Q3.
What area became a country and independent from Australia in 1975?
Note: This question was updated in July 2023
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Q4.
Which Olympics saw observing environmental and sustainability issues become a criterion for the building of the venues?
A
1994 Winter Olympics, Lillehammer, Norway
B
1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano, Japan
C
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, USA
D
1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain
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Q5.
19th century French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, having supervised the construction of the Suez canal, was later famously tried and convicted for what?
B
Embezzling government funds
C
Mismanagement of the construction of the Panama Canal
D
Employing engineers who were not French
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Q6.
Which of these worked in cosmology?
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Q7.
Where would you usually expect to find a neum?
A
In a physics laboratory
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